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22  
23  package com.liferay.util.xml.descriptor;
24  
25  import org.dom4j.Document;
26  import org.dom4j.Element;
27  
28  /**
29   * <a href="XMLDescriptor.java.html"><b><i>View Source</i></b></a>
30   *
31   * @author Jorge Ferrer
32   */
33  public interface XMLDescriptor {
34  
35      public boolean areEqual(Element el1, Element el2);
36  
37      public boolean canHandleType(String doctype, Document root);
38  
39      public boolean canJoinChildren(Element element);
40  
41      public String[] getRootChildrenOrder();
42  
43      public String[] getChildrenOrder(Element parentElement);
44  
45  }